jìn
qīn
fán
zhí

idiom

Meaning of 近亲繁殖

近亲繁殖 means academic inbreeding; organizational nepotism. Pronounced jìn qīn fán zhí.

  • academic inbreeding; organizational nepotism

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
suǒ
xué
jìn
qīn
fán
zhí
xiàn
xiàng
yán
zhòng
 
jiào
shòu
duō
shì
běn
xiào
de
 

The university suffers from severe inbreeding; most professors graduated from this same institution.

Gōng
yào
zhǎn
 
jìn
qīn
fán
zhí
de
yòng
rén
shì
 

For the company to grow, it must break the pattern of inbreeding in its hiring practices.

Zhè
ge
xué
shù
quān
zi
de
jìn
qīn
fán
zhí
ài
le
chuàng
xīn
xiǎng
de
chǎn
shēng
 

The academic inbreeding within this circle hinders the generation of innovative ideas.

zhí
píng
zhèng
mén
cún
zài
de
 
jìn
qīn
fán
zhí
 
wèn
 

He has consistently criticized the problem of 'inbreeding' within government departments.